The U.S. Federal Reserve held its benchmark lending rate steady for a seventh consecutive time during a monetary policy meeting on Wednesday, as new data showed inflation eased slightly last month to fuel hopes for rate cuts later this year.

After th…

Nayeon, a member of the popular K-pop girl group TWICE, is coming back as a solo artist after two years with her second solo EP “Na.”

This album due out Friday at 1 p.m. (Korean time) follows her debut solo effort, “Im Nayeon,” which was released in …

South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Thursday a Russian shipyard unilaterally canceled supply contracts worth billions of dollars and it plans to take the case to an international arbitration center.

Russia’s Zvezda Shipbuilding Co…

South Korean stocks finished nearly 1 percent higher Thursday, extending their winning streak to a third session on tech gains. The local currency slightly rose against the U.S. greenback.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) surge…

SANDAKAN, The Energy Commission of Sabah (ECoS) recently raided 15 premises in Kota Kinabalu, Kota Belud, Tuaran as well as here for making illegal electricity connections which included tampering with the Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) meters resul…